I'm sure many of you are in the same boat; your company has decided to sponsor some underpriveledged family for the holiday. Our company is sponsoring 4 large families, and each employee is to buy for one member of each family from their wish list.
My family consists of a 24 year old woman with 4 children and a live-in boyfriend. The woman is seperated from her husband and the father of her first three children. The 29 year old man that lives with her now is the father of her lastest child, 9 months old. The mother works, the boyfriend does not, at least not from the info i've been given.
Now i have always considered myself socially liberal and fiscally conservative. This situation just irks me no end. I figured we would be buying stuff for families down on their luck through no fault of their own, not for babymaking machines that either don't believe in birth control for religous reasons or just like to have sex alot and are too lazy to use protection. It's not the child's fault and i will get everything on his wish list but what kind of message does this send to the kids? Granted the 6 year old i will be buying for has no clue and it's not his fault.
Next year, i think i will see what happens if I 'just say no'. I know I'm beng a scrooge and i am sounding like an old codger but what happened to taking personal responsibility for your life's mistakes? This woman continues to open her legs and pump out babies, and every year I'm sure she registers for her free Christmas.
